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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Sinful Colors ~ Nail Junkie

Light teal sheer
base with different sizes glitter in blue, green and gold

I knew I wanted my own
bottle of Nail Junkie since I first laid my eyes on it. I can’t remember where
I saw it first, but every time I saw it, I just wanted it more.

I couldn’t find any online
stores who had it that were willing to ship it overseas, and the prices on eBay
are just ridiculous. There’s no way I’m willing to pay 10 or 15$ for a 2$ nail
polish.

So I was thrilled when “A
girl and her polish” offered me a swap, and even more thrilled when I realized
that Nail Junkie was now within reach. Here’s a close up of the bottle, so you
can see for yourself why I wanted this so badly:

This base colour is pretty
sheer, and I won’t even try to guess how many coats it would take to make it
opaque, so I decided to layer it. I chose my first Sephora polish as the base
colour. It’s a dark teal crème called “Vintage Sweater”. It was totally opaque
in one single coat. The formula was great; a bit on the thick side, but I
actually like that. The brush is relatively big and flat and I find it very
easy to work with.

Here’s one coat, no top coat
yet:

Then I painted on two
stripes with a white striper from Claire’s. I tried to make the stripes thin. I
was better at that on my left hand, but never mind. Here’s that step; still no
top coat.

Then it was time for my
precious Nail Junkie. The formula was great, and the glitter spread out evenly
in one easy coat.

Here’s what the mani ended
up looking like. It’s all sealed up with Seche Vite top coat.

And here’s a pic of the
polishes I used.

I’m so glad that Nail Junkie is finally mine. I can’t wait to layer it over
other polishes!! What do you think? Do you like it as much as I do?